Cornyn: GOP will block any attempt to seat Franken

[ck4829]

John Cornyn of Texas says Republicans will launch a filibster if necessary to block any attempt by Democrats to seat Al Franken when the Senate gavels into order next week. the one-time Saturday Night Live comedian is leading incumbent Norm Coleman by less than 50 votes. And Franken supporters are predicting he will win the vote count and should be seated once the total is cerfied by the state.

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/01/cornyn-vows-to-filibuster-fran.html

My email spy box picked up an article that was more sensationalist about it, saying the Republican Party was planning for "war" over Franken.

My, how the "mighty" have fallen.

[mucifer]

1. If the courts won't hear it and the state certifies it, how can the senate block it?

[Orrex]

2. So, they have nothing better to do than to thwart the will of the people?

Of course, the same can be said of their entire agenda for the last 100 years or so...

[InvisibleTouch]

3. Oh how typical.

If they can't win fairly, cheat, bully, and throw toddler tantrums.

I hope our side stands strong and ignores these whiners. No concessions or making nice!

[MineralMan]

4. As the British say, "Piss off, GOP!"

This is gonna be fun!

[salguine]

7. And if that doesn't work they move on to

"sod off", and then if that still doesn't work, the offender may find himself on the receiving end of an almighty "faaack off!"

[lpbk2713]

5. Obstructionists

This is why nothing constructive ever got done while the rethuglicans had control of all levels of government.

They excel at bogging down the process of making government work as it should.

[ecstatic]

6. Kewl. So the GOP will block one dem, and Reid & 'em will block the other?

Is there a 3rd dem senator we can block? Anybody? This is getting fun!

:sarcasm:

[NNN0LHI]

8. Cornyn is such a dickhead

Sounds like he is going to miss his buddy Norm real bad.

Don

[NOW tense]

9. I like this comment

They have to do something to take away the power that Obama and his crew are going to have with so many Demos and that is a fact.



Gee I guess the electorate didn't elect all of those "Demos"

[Tutonic]

10. I'm gonna guess that there are a handful of Repubs that would

vote to override the fillibuster. Cornyn should have been defeated by Noriega!

[Fleshdancer]

11. I guess it's easier for Cornyn to fight ridiculous battles instead of fixing his own party

I'm not going to stop republicans from digging their own grave so if they want to fight the man who got more votes and will eventually be seated, then so be it. Whatever keeps them distracted from fixing their broken party I suppose.

:rofl:

[sce56]

12. Franken Leads By 225

From http://www.theuptake.org/

Vote Totals for Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
1/4/2009 Before Added Total Difference
_______ Today Today Votes
Franken 1211950 481 1212431 225

Coleman 1211901 305 1212206 -225



The video of Bill O Reilly's reaction to the final results of the Minnesota Senate contest
Norm Colemen loses to Al Franken

[madrchsod]

13. let the dumb bastard filibuster

payback will be a bitch johnnie boy